Not Again…

| July 21, 2005

Bombings in London… and my cable box/DVR is busy rebooting on me, so I can’t see jack. Update: Still not getting squat. @#$%&! Time Warner Cable…. I’m getting my news online, starting with Wizbang.

Terminology

| July 12, 2005

Eugene Volokh and Jim Lindgren of the Volokh Conspiracy offer critiques of the term “homicide bomber.” This has irritated me for quite a long while, too. • “Bomber” by itself implies “homicide,” which makes “homicide bomber” redundant. Are there bombings which aren’t meant to kill people and/or destroy things? • The distinguishing characteristic of the […]